1919 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1919 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 9-1-6, P%: 125.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Merrick (42)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Gordon Rattray

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Wally Johnson
Vice-Captain(s): Fred Moore

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Atkinson, Jim #17 14 R01, R03-R09, R13-R18 0
Bamford, Fred #8 1 R01 0
Featherston, Clarrie #3 1 R01 0
Fergie, Clive #3 7 R10, R12-R14, R16-R18 2
Freake, Jim #9 12 R03-R10, R12-R15 26
Gough, George #7 7 R01, R05, R14-R18 7
Heaney, Tom #4 11 R01, R03, R08-R10, R12-R13, R15-R18 6
Holden, George #30 1 R01 2
Jenkin, Horrie #5 15 R03-R10, R12-R18 0
Johnson, Wally #10 15 R01, R03-R07, R09-R10, R12-R18 0
Keays, Fred #18 3 R12-R13, R16 1
Keller, Carl #1 15 R01, R03-R10, R12-R13, R15-R18 0
King, Bob #16 15 R03-R10, R12-R18 0
Lenne, Bert #11 3 R10, R14-R15 0
Lethbridge, Chris #12 16 R01, R03-R10, R12-R18 1
Lowrie, Tom #18 2 R06-R07 1
McDonald, Ted #23 1 R01 0
McLennan, Harold 1 R18 0
Merrick, Bob #24 10 R04-R10, R16-R18 42
Millen, Roy #26 12 R01, R03-R10, R12-R14 1
Molan, Stan #28 14 R01, R03-R09, R12-R13, R15-R18 22
Moore, Fred #15 13 R01, R03-R10, R12-R14, R17 8
Muir, George #22 1 R07 1
O'Dee, Bert #31 5 R10, R12-R15 0
Rattray, Gordon #27 15 R01, R03-R10, R12, R14-R18 12
Scott, Bob #22 9 R01, R03-R04, R13-R18 0
Shaw, George #19 16 R01, R03-R10, R12-R18 4
Sherry, Clarrie #14 16 R01, R03-R10, R12-R18 2
Shortill, Joe #34 6 R03, R05-R08, R12 3
Smith, Syd #31 1 R03 3
Strawbridge, Frank #25 4 R04, R06, R08-R09 1
Taylor, Bert #2 11 R04-R05, R08-R10, R13-R18 0
Wigraft, Len #29 15 R01, R03-R10, R12, R14-R18 4

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Holden, George 7 5 -0- 2 R01, R03-R08
Melling, Ted 9 4 -1- 4 R09-R10, R12-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/05/1919 Round 1 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 43 George Holden Wally Johnson
Round 2 BYE
17/05/1919 Round 3 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 76 George Holden Wally Johnson
24/05/1919 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 3 George Holden Wally Johnson
31/05/1919 Round 5 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 26 George Holden Wally Johnson
09/06/1919 Round 6 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 32 George Holden Wally Johnson
14/06/1919 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 36 George Holden Wally Johnson
21/06/1919 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 45 George Holden Fred Moore
28/06/1919 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 3 Ted Melling Wally Johnson
12/07/1919 Round 10 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 2 Ted Melling Wally Johnson
Round 11 BYE
26/07/1919 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 11 Ted Melling Wally Johnson
09/08/1919 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 47 Ted Melling Wally Johnson
16/08/1919 Round 14 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 26 Ted Melling Wally Johnson
23/08/1919 Round 15 Geelong AWAY DRAW drawn Ted Melling Wally Johnson
30/08/1919 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 125 Ted Melling Wally Johnson
06/09/1919 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 20 Ted Melling Wally Johnson
13/09/1919 Round 18 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 18 Ted Melling Wally Johnson